Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Desmids –
Archaeplastida (Part)

Observations on Euastrum ansatum

Position in the EOL taxonomic tree. Please click on the tree view below to access EOL (Encyclopedia of Life).

Euastrum ansatum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Cosmarium ansatum (Ehrenberg ex Ralfs) Rabenhorst 1868
                               Ursinella ansata (Ehrenberg) Kuntze ????
                               Helierella ansata (Ralfs) Kuntze 1891 (Ralfs) Kuntze 1891
                               Euastrum rotundum Playfair 1907
                               Euastrum subansatum C.Bernard 1908
                               Euastrum tropicum C.Bernard 1908
                               Euastrum ansatum var. dideltiforme Ducellier 1918
                               Euastrum ansatum var. commune Ducellier 1918
                               Cosmarium pseudopyramidatum var. ansatum Krieger & Gerloff 1965
                               Euastrum ansatum f. dideltiforme (Ducellier) G.H.Tomaszwicz & W.W.Kowalski 1993

Sampling date 06/2013. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Four images. Optical journey into the cell.

First:Synoptic representation of the cell wall. The enlarged inset shows dots (cell wall pores) through which the protective mucilage is deposited.
Second and third:Two optical cross-sections through two different cells, showing the chloroplasts and their pyrenoids.
Fourth:Nucleus and chloroplasts with pyrenoids.

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Place name: Wetland Mittermoos near Fieberbrunn (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.47998695     Longitude: 12.5240922

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF images.

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